Helen Dale

Understanding Gender Variance (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Helen Dale has been involved in the trans community for more than twenty years; initially providing support on the internet then training as a counsellor and counselling supervisor; chairing trans and LGB&T support groups and providing workshops on trans issues to a range of audiences - and has won several awards for this work. This guide has been developed from those workshops and her personal experiences supporting other trans individuals. It is intended to be easy to read keeping jargon to a minimum and explaining terms in simple language. The information is laid out in logical sections - with a comprehensive contents section to find relevant details easily. With the number of individuals identifying as trans, intersex, non-binary or gender fluid doubling about every five years, if you haven't previously met or had dealings with a trans individual, you may well do before long whether as a manager or support worker friend or family. It will help you to identify the questions that you need to ask and how to avoid common mistakes.It will also be a valuable resource for anyone who identifies as transgender, intersex, non-binary or gender fluid. The book is aimed at anyone dealing with trans people

Counsellors / Help-line Operators/ Befrienders

Support/ Social Workers

Union Staff

Teachers and Lecturers

Citizens Advice Bureaux

Samaritans

Equality and Diversity Practitioners

HR staff

Other Managers

LGBT+ organisations

Family & Friends

And Trans Individuals themselves

Contents include:

Definitions

Causality

Social Transition

Transsexual Journey to Surgery

Travelling on: Post Transition / Surgery

Mythbusting

Trans Issues in Counselling

Partners and Families

Case Studies

Legal History

Discrimination & Hate Crime/ Incidents

Employment

Bibliography

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Helen Dale
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798201264024
• Artikelnr.: 63273174

Autorenporträt

Helen writes authentic novels set in the transgender community. Having belonged to and led several trans/ LGBT groups, campaigned for trans rights, provided workshops on trans issues, and been a counsellor specialising in gender variant clients, she has a wealth of personal and other experiences to draw on - and can ensure that the settings are historically accurate.The tales demonstrate that each trans person's experiences are unique - and that being trans is just a part of their lives.She has now published four novels and one novella:Helen is involved in Manchester Women's Writers' Group, whose critiques of her work has been very valuable and Out on The Page - an LGBT writing group.She has a website for her writing at www.helendaleuthor.info - sign up to her mailing list to hear about future books.